England limited-overs wicketkeeper Jos Buttler is hoping to force his way into the Test team by modelling his game on Australia great Adam Gilchrist.

A ruthless slayer of attacks, Gilchrist averaged 47.60 in 96 Tests, won three Ashes series and three World Cups.

"Gilchrist really changed the role of the wicketkeeper, down the order playing that aggressive, attacking innings," Buttler, 23, told BBC Sport.

"That's the thing that would suit me to try to emulate."

Buttler, who has become England's first choice one-day and Twenty20 wicketkeeper and left Somerset for Lancashire over the winter, also said:

His aggressive approach can help fill the void left by Kevin Pietersen

His game needs "big improvements" to be a success at the highest level

New England coach Peter Moores can restore "spark" to a player's game

He would like to play Indian Premier League cricket in the future

An innovative and powerful shot-maker, Buttler has a strike rate of more than 120 runs per 100 balls in each form of the game.

Ramping it up

Buttler has revealed the inspiration behind his signature "ramp" shot.

He said: "On the academy at Somerset, I saw Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan do his scoop shot and thought I'd try that. I'm not quite brave enough to get down the way he does it so I thought I'd play around with different ways of doing it.

"I don't really know what else I could try. I saw David Warner pull off a reverse cut the other day, but I don't think I've quite mastered that one yet."

Buttler, who helped Lancashire beat Northants in the County Championship last week with a counter-attacking second-innings 72, believes his style could be exactly what England need following the jettisoning of seasoned game-changer Pietersen.

"Pietersen was a massive one for being different," said Buttler. "He was a great entertainer, put bums on seats, people wanted to watch him bat because he did it differently and he had a style about him.

"I am not Kevin Pietersen, so I wouldn't be able to do it in his way, but it is about being authentic and playing my brand of cricket.

"You almost have to decide whether you want to conform to the normality of having a good technique and leaving outside off stump or whether you want to be someone who plays a bit differently.

"You might get out in ways that seem unusual in four-day cricket but you know you can play innings that can turn games and win games for your team."

Born in Taunton, Buttler left his home county Somerset in the summer because he was too often their second choice four-day wicketkeeper behind Craig Kieswetter.

Moores named Buttler in his first England squad to face Scotland on Friday

Having only kept wicket in 21 of his 50 first-class matches to date, Buttler knows he needs to fine-tune his glovework, but hopes the England selectors are ready to take a punt on his potential when they name the squad for the Test series against Sri Lanka in June.

"I have big improvements to make in my cricket, to make people take notice," he said.

"But there have been times in the past where England have picked players because they think they can play for England.

"Duncan Fletcher hand-picked Marcus Trescothick and said he was going to be a great Test cricketer for England.

"His average wasn't that high when he was picked. It can work both ways and it is down to the opinion of those who select teams."

Buttler was also drawn to Lancashire by the chance to work with former wicketkeeper Moores on a daily basis.